text: """
  Base settings to build other settings files upon.
  """
  
  import environ
  
  ROOT_DIR = environ.Path(__file__) - 3  # (my_awesome_project/config/settings/base.py - 3 = my_awesome_project/)
  APPS_DIR = ROOT_DIR.path('my_awesome_project')
  
  env = environ.Env()
  
  READ_DOT_ENV_FILE = env.bool('DJANGO_READ_DOT_ENV_FILE', default=False)
  if READ_DOT_ENV_FILE:
      # OS environment variables take precedence over variables from .env
      env.read_env(str(ROOT_DIR.path('.env')))
  
  # GENERAL
  # ------------------------------------------------------------------------------
  # https://docs.djangoproject.com/en/dev/ref/settings/#debug
  DEBUG = env.bool('DJANGO_DEBUG', False)
  # Local time zone. Choices are
  # http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_tz_zones_by_name
  # though not all of them may be available with every OS.
  # In Windows, this must be set to your system time zone.
  TIME_ZONE = '+2'
  # https://docs.djangoproject.com/en/dev/ref/settings/#language-code
  LANGUAGE_CODE = 'en-us'
  # https://docs.djangoproject.com/en/dev/ref/settings/#site-id
  SITE_ID = 1
  # https://docs.djangoproject.com/en/dev/ref/settings/#use-i18n
  USE_I18N = True
  # https://docs.djangoproject.com/en/dev/ref/settings/#use-l10n
  USE_L10N = True
  # https://docs.djangoproject.com/en/dev/ref/settings/#use-tz
  USE_TZ = True
  
  # DATABASES
  # ------------------------------------------------------------------------------
  # https://docs.djangoproject.com/en/dev/ref/settings/#databases
  DATABASES = {
      'default': env.db('DATABASE_URL'),
  }
  DATABASES['default']['ATOMIC_REQUESTS'] = True
  
  # URLS
  # ------------------------------------------------------------------------------
  # https://docs.djangoproject.com/en/dev/ref/settings/#root-urlconf
  ROOT_URLCONF = 'config.urls'
  # https://docs.djangoproject.com/en/dev/ref/settings/#wsgi-application
  WSGI_APPLICATION = 'config.wsgi.application'
  
  # APPS
  # ------------------------------------------------------------------------------
  DJANGO_APPS = [
      'django.contrib.auth',
      'django.contrib.contenttypes',
      'django.contrib.sessions',
      'django.contrib.sites',
      'django.contrib.messages',
      'django.contrib.staticfiles',
      # 'django.contrib.humanize', # Handy template tags
      'django.contrib.admin',
  ]
  THIRD_PARTY_APPS = [
      'crispy_forms',
      'allauth',
      'allauth.account',
      'allauth.socialaccount',
      'rest_framework',
  ]
  LOCAL_APPS = [
      'my_awesome_project.users.apps.UsersAppConfig',
      # Your stuff: custom apps go here
  ]
  # https://docs.djangoproject.com/en/dev/ref/settings/#installed-apps
  INSTALLED_APPS = DJANGO_APPS + THIRD_PARTY_APPS + LOCAL_APPS
  
  # MIGRATIONS
  # ------------------------------------------------------------------------------
  # https://docs.djangoproject.com/en/dev/ref/settings/#migration-modules
  MIGRATION_MODULES = {
      'sites': 'my_awesome_project.contrib.sites.migrations'
  }
  
  # AUTHENTICATION
  # ------------------------------------------------------------------------------
  # https://docs.djangoproject.com/en/dev/ref/settings/#authentication-backends
  AUTHENTICATION_BACKENDS = [
      'django.contrib.auth.backends.ModelBackend',
      'allauth.account.auth_backends.AuthenticationBackend',
  ]
  # https://docs.djangoproject.com/en/dev/ref/settings/#auth-user-model
  AUTH_USER_MODEL = 'users.User'
  # https://docs.djangoproject.com/en/dev/ref/settings/#login-redirect-url
  LOGIN_REDIRECT_URL = 'users:redirect'
  # https://docs.djangoproject.com/en/dev/ref/settings/#login-url
  LOGIN_URL = 'account_login'
  
  # PASSWORDS
  # ------------------------------------------------------------------------------
  # https://docs.djangoproject.com/en/dev/ref/settings/#password-hashers
  PASSWORD_HASHERS = [
      # https://docs.djangoproject.com/en/dev/topics/auth/passwords/#using-argon2-with-django
      'django.contrib.auth.hashers.Argon2PasswordHasher',
      'django.contrib.auth.hashers.PBKDF2PasswordHasher',
      'django.contrib.auth.hashers.PBKDF2SHA1PasswordHasher',
      'django.contrib.auth.hashers.BCryptSHA256PasswordHasher',
      'django.contrib.auth.hashers.BCryptPasswordHasher',
  ]
  # https://docs.djangoproject.com/en/dev/ref/settings/#auth-password-validators
  AUTH_PASSWORD_VALIDATORS = [
      {
          'NAME': 'django.contrib.auth.password_validation.UserAttributeSimilarityValidator',
      },
      {
          'NAME': 'django.contrib.auth.password_validation.MinimumLengthValidator',
      },
      {
          'NAME': 'django.contrib.auth.password_validation.CommonPasswordValidator',
      },
      {
          'NAME': 'django.contrib.auth.password_validation.NumericPasswordValidator',
      },
  ]
  
  # MIDDLEWARE
  # ------------------------------------------------------------------------------
  # https://docs.djangoproject.com/en/dev/ref/settings/#middleware
  MIDDLEWARE = [
      'django.middleware.security.SecurityMiddleware',
      'django.contrib.sessions.middleware.SessionMiddleware',
      'django.middleware.common.CommonMiddleware',
      'django.middleware.csrf.CsrfViewMiddleware',
      'django.contrib.auth.middleware.AuthenticationMiddleware',
      'django.contrib.messages.middleware.MessageMiddleware',
      'django.middleware.clickjacking.XFrameOptionsMiddleware',
  ]
  
  # STATIC
  # ------------------------------------------------------------------------------
  # https://docs.djangoproject.com/en/dev/ref/settings/#static-root
  STATIC_ROOT = str(ROOT_DIR('staticfiles'))
  # https://docs.djangoproject.com/en/dev/ref/settings/#static-url
  STATIC_URL = '/static/'
  # https://docs.djangoproject.com/en/dev/ref/contrib/staticfiles/#std:setting-STATICFILES_DIRS
  STATICFILES_DIRS = [
      str(APPS_DIR.path('static')),
  ]
  # https://docs.djangoproject.com/en/dev/ref/contrib/staticfiles/#staticfiles-finders
  STATICFILES_FINDERS = [
      'django.contrib.staticfiles.finders.FileSystemFinder',
      'django.contrib.staticfiles.finders.AppDirectoriesFinder',
  ]
  
  # MEDIA
  # ------------------------------------------------------------------------------
  # https://docs.djangoproject.com/en/dev/ref/settings/#media-root
  MEDIA_ROOT = str(APPS_DIR('media'))
  # https://docs.djangoproject.com/en/dev/ref/settings/#media-url
  MEDIA_URL = '/media/'
  
  # TEMPLATES
  # ------------------------------------------------------------------------------
  # https://docs.djangoproject.com/en/dev/ref/settings/#templates
  TEMPLATES = [
      {
          # https://docs.djangoproject.com/en/dev/ref/settings/#std:setting-TEMPLATES-BACKEND
          'BACKEND': 'django.template.backends.django.DjangoTemplates',
          # https://docs.djangoproject.com/en/dev/ref/settings/#template-dirs
          'DIRS': [
              str(APPS_DIR.path('templates')),
          ],
          'OPTIONS': {
              # https://docs.djangoproject.com/en/dev/ref/settings/#template-debug
              'debug': DEBUG,
              # https://docs.djangoproject.com/en/dev/ref/settings/#template-loaders
              # https://docs.djangoproject.com/en/dev/ref/templates/api/#loader-types
              'loaders': [
                  'django.template.loaders.filesystem.Loader',
                  'django.template.loaders.app_directories.Loader',
              ],
              # https://docs.djangoproject.com/en/dev/ref/settings/#template-context-processors
              'context_processors': [
                  'django.template.context_processors.debug',
                  'django.template.context_processors.request',
                  'django.contrib.auth.context_processors.auth',
                  'django.template.context_processors.i18n',
                  'django.template.context_processors.media',
                  'django.template.context_processors.static',
                  'django.template.context_processors.tz',
                  'django.contrib.messages.context_processors.messages',
              ],
          },
      },
  ]
  # http://django-crispy-forms.readthedocs.io/en/latest/install.html#template-packs
  CRISPY_TEMPLATE_PACK = 'bootstrap4'
  
  # FIXTURES
  # ------------------------------------------------------------------------------
  # https://docs.djangoproject.com/en/dev/ref/settings/#fixture-dirs
  FIXTURE_DIRS = (
      str(APPS_DIR.path('fixtures')),
  )
  
  # SECURITY
  # ------------------------------------------------------------------------------
  # https://docs.djangoproject.com/en/dev/ref/settings/#session-cookie-httponly
  SESSION_COOKIE_HTTPONLY = True
  # https://docs.djangoproject.com/en/dev/ref/settings/#csrf-cookie-httponly
  CSRF_COOKIE_HTTPONLY = True
  # https://docs.djangoproject.com/en/dev/ref/settings/#secure-browser-xss-filter
  SECURE_BROWSER_XSS_FILTER = True
  # https://docs.djangoproject.com/en/dev/ref/settings/#x-frame-options
  X_FRAME_OPTIONS = 'DENY'
  
  # EMAIL
  # ------------------------------------------------------------------------------
  # https://docs.djangoproject.com/en/dev/ref/settings/#email-backend
  EMAIL_BACKEND = env('DJANGO_EMAIL_BACKEND', default='django.core.mail.backends.smtp.EmailBackend')
  
  # ADMIN
  # ------------------------------------------------------------------------------
  # Django Admin URL.
  ADMIN_URL = 'admin/'
  # https://docs.djangoproject.com/en/dev/ref/settings/#admins
  ADMINS = [
      ("""Samy Abouseda""", 'samy.abouseda@gmail.com'),
  ]
  # https://docs.djangoproject.com/en/dev/ref/settings/#managers
  MANAGERS = ADMINS
  
  # Celery
  # ------------------------------------------------------------------------------
  INSTALLED_APPS += ['my_awesome_project.taskapp.celery.CeleryAppConfig']
  if USE_TZ:
      # http://docs.celeryproject.org/en/latest/userguide/configuration.html#std:setting-timezone
      CELERY_TIMEZONE = TIME_ZONE
  # http://docs.celeryproject.org/en/latest/userguide/configuration.html#std:setting-broker_url
  CELERY_BROKER_URL = env('CELERY_BROKER_URL')
  # http://docs.celeryproject.org/en/latest/userguide/configuration.html#std:setting-result_backend
  CELERY_RESULT_BACKEND = CELERY_BROKER_URL
  # http://docs.celeryproject.org/en/latest/userguide/configuration.html#std:setting-accept_content
  CELERY_ACCEPT_CONTENT = ['json']
  # http://docs.celeryproject.org/en/latest/userguide/configuration.html#std:setting-task_serializer
  CELERY_TASK_SERIALIZER = 'json'
  # http://docs.celeryproject.org/en/latest/userguide/configuration.html#std:setting-result_serializer
  CELERY_RESULT_SERIALIZER = 'json'
  # http://docs.celeryproject.org/en/latest/userguide/configuration.html#task-time-limit
  # TODO: set to whatever value is adequate in your circumstances
  CELERYD_TASK_TIME_LIMIT = 5 * 60
  # http://docs.celeryproject.org/en/latest/userguide/configuration.html#task-soft-time-limit
  # TODO: set to whatever value is adequate in your circumstances
  CELERYD_TASK_SOFT_TIME_LIMIT = 60
  # django-allauth
  # ------------------------------------------------------------------------------
  ACCOUNT_ALLOW_REGISTRATION = env.bool('DJANGO_ACCOUNT_ALLOW_REGISTRATION', True)
  # https://django-allauth.readthedocs.io/en/latest/configuration.html
  ACCOUNT_AUTHENTICATION_METHOD = 'username'
  # https://django-allauth.readthedocs.io/en/latest/configuration.html
  ACCOUNT_EMAIL_REQUIRED = True
  # https://django-allauth.readthedocs.io/en/latest/configuration.html
  ACCOUNT_EMAIL_VERIFICATION = 'mandatory'
  # https://django-allauth.readthedocs.io/en/latest/configuration.html
  ACCOUNT_ADAPTER = 'my_awesome_project.users.adapters.AccountAdapter'
  # https://django-allauth.readthedocs.io/en/latest/configuration.html
  SOCIALACCOUNT_ADAPTER = 'my_awesome_project.users.adapters.SocialAccountAdapter'
  
  
  # Your stuff...
  # ------------------------------------------------------------------------------
  